Michael James Jackson (born 4 December 1973) is an English

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manager and former professional footballer. He is an under-23 coach for

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and served as

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for the first team. As a player, Jackson was a defender who played in the

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for

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and

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

. He moved into management in 2014 and has been in charge of both Tranmere Rovers and Shrewsbury Town.

Playing career

Jackson started his career as a trainee at

in 1992. He signed for

in August 1993 on a free transfer where he stayed until 1997 making 125 league appearances and scoring nine goals. In March 1997 he signed for

for a fee of £125,000. In seven years at the club, he made 251 league appearances and scored 17 goals. While at Preston, he had a one-month loan spell at

from December 2002 to January 2003, having been frozen out of the team at

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by manager Craig Brown. In May 2004, he signed for Tranmere on a free transfer, making 84 appearances in two years at the club. In June 2006, Jackson joined

on a free transfer. He scored his first goal for Blackpool on 19 August 2006 in a 4–2 league win at

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. He became an instrumental part of the Blackpool team and captained the side in their promotion to the English Championship in May 2007. Jackson picked up an injury in February 2008 which kept him out for two months before he made a late-season comeback. On 7 May 2008, however, he was released by Blackpool. After his goal against Bristol City, he scored further goals against

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in the

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and

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in the

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. On 23 June 2008, it was reported that Jackson was about to sign a two-year contract with

. The transfer was completed the following day, along with the club record transfer for

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. Jackson was a regular in the Shrewsbury side, notably scoring in a 7–0 win over Gillingham, but did not play again after a 3–1 defeat away at

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on 21 February 2009. It was announced on 13 January 2010 that Jackson had retired from playing due to a persistent knee injury, as a specialist advised him not to risk his long-term health by continuing, but he was to remain at the club until the end of the 2009–10 season in a coaching capacity.

Coaching and managerial career

Jackson continued in his coaching role at Shrewsbury, and was named as

for the final match of the 2009–10 season following the dismissal of Paul Simpson. He resumed his coaching role under new manager

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, and was appointed as caretaker manager again following Turner's resignation on 22 January 2014. A month later, he was given the managerial position on a contract running until the end of the 2013–14 season, but was unable to save the team from relegation to

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. Despite this, the club opted to retain his services as assistant to new manager

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, alongside goalkeeping coach

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. After a sequence of only two wins in the opening eleven matches of the 2016–17 season, Jackson left the club by mutual consent in October 2016 along with Mellon, before once again being appointed as his assistant again at Tranmere shortly afterwards. Following Mellon's departure to

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, Jackson was named manager of Tranmere Rovers on 18 July 2020. He was sacked on 31 October 2020. In July 2021, Jackson was appointed interim manager of the Burnley Under-23s team. On 15 April 2022, after

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was dismissed,

appointed Jackson as caretaker manager for their away match against

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, which they

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1–1 two days later. After a 2–1 win away at

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on 30 April 2022, Jackson became the first Burnley manager to win three of his first four league games in charge since Jimmy Mullen in October 1991. He won the

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award for April after leading relegation-threatened Burnley to three wins and one draw. However, the team were

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to the

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at the end of the 2021–22 season after suffering three losses in their last four matches.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player *

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: 2006–07 Individual *

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: 1999–2000 Second Division *

: April 2022

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